"D" Smith to Speak at Reading Olympiad Ceremony
? The Winston-Salem L'rban
League is about the wind up its
Fourth Annual Reading Olympiad
for middle school students. This
eight-week reading competition will
come to a close with an awards cer
emony May 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the
\\.C. Benton Convention Center.
The Reading Olympiad is an
effort to increase student's exposure
to black history and literature
through encouraging them to read
books by and/or about black people.
In an Olympic-style competi
tion, students accumulated points
toward the goals of winning cash
prizes and membership in gold, sil
ver, or bronze medal clubs. All par
ticipants will be awarded reading
medal^, books and other incentives.
Students earned points by read
ing books, discussing them with a
volunteer "chatperson" and a variety
of other related activities, including
family involvement.
"The chat gives the student an
opportunity to tell about what he has
read," said Education Director.
Alberta McMillan. "If the student
knows he will have to have to talk
about the book, he will read with
more comprehension, try to under
stand the plot, and not just read
words." 1 am extremely pleased
with the participation in the Reading
Olympiad this year. Over 150 stu
dents will be recognized for their
accomplishments on May 13 along
with chairpersons and sponsors,
McMillan said. "The students
learned a lot about their histoid aiul
many were able to establish iiood
relationships w ith a mentor." ? n;
continued. "Most importantly, .we
hope they learned that reading the
key to anything they do in life."
In previous years we have had
such noted author and lecturer as
Walter Dean Myers. Dr. Jaw an/a
Kunjufu and Ben Ruffin. Vice Pres
ident of Corporate Affairs. R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Compan\ as
keynote speakers.
Chronicle Review Among two Press Award Winners
Joanna Brannon Aldridge of
- Boone won two first place awards in
the North Carolina Press Club's
1993 Communications Contest. The
awards were presented at the organi
zation's spring meeting^ the Gov
ernor's Inn in Research Triangle.
Aldridge won first place in the
categories Special Articles: Reviews
and Special Articles, and Arts and
Entertainment. Her articles in these
- divisions will represent North Car
olina in the National Federation of
Press Women's 1993 Communica
tions Contest. The national winners
will be announced at the organiza
tion's annual meeting in Kansas
City in June. Aldridge's prize-win
ning reviews were of two plays and
one book. Her drama reviews were
"Horton Foote's Roads to Home
Paved with Irony" whi<?h appeared
in The Christian Science Monitor
and "Neil Simon's Jake's Women:
Not So Simple^ Simoiv^ which
appeared in The Winston-Salem
Chronicle. Her review of Nancy
Nelson's Evenings with Cary Grant
"Cary's Charm Was Not a Gift ? It
was Hard Work" appeared in The
Florida Times Union. The review
of Jake's Women was from the
North Carolina School of the Arts
Broadway Preview Series in Febru
ary 1992. The Broadway Preview
series also presented a Horton Foote
play, Dividing the Estate in Janu
~ ary T J 992 under the direction of?
Gerald Freedman, Dean of Drama at
the North Carolina School or ihe
Arts. Aldridge's award-winning arti
cles in Special Articles: Arts uod
Entertainment all appeared in The
Florida Times Union. They
included ^'Lee Smith Exposes the
Secrets of the Human Heart." "Gar\
Sinise Films a New Of Mice and
Men," and "Horton Foote at 76: A
Triumphant Second Act." The North
Carolina Press Club is the state affil
iate of the National Federation of
Press Womcnr
Rhodes to Keynote Annual Arts Council Meeting
The 1993 Annual Meeting of
the Arts Council of Winston- Salem
and Forsyth County will be held
May 24 at 12 p.m. in the Mountcas
tle Forum of the Sawtooth Building.
The keynote speaker will be Milton
Rhodes, president and CEO of the
American Council for the Arts
(ACA) and former executive direc
tor of the Arts Council (1971-85).
He will be introduced by L.M.
"Bud" Baker Jr., president and chief
operating officer of Wachovia Cor
poration. Rhodes will speak on the
topic, "The Arts and the National
Scene." The 1993-94 officers and
trustees of the Arts Council will
also he introduced.
Rhodes left Winston-Salem in
1985 to head ACA. a national orga
nization that focuses its resources in
five areas of critical importance to
the arts: arts education, the origi
nating artists, private-sector support
of the arts, international cultural
relations and multiculturalism. As
its president and CEO. he directs a
66-person national board of leading
artists, educators, and corporate and
foundation individuals.
While at the ACA, Rhodes
served as principal in the formation
of the Arts Resource Consortium
and Library at the Equitable Center
in New York City. He also co
founded and then administered the
National Coalition for Education in
the Arts, a committee of 3 1 arts ser
" vice, education, advocacy organiza
tions committed to the improvement
of arts education in the schools.
Rhodes is the chief spokesman
for the National Coalition of United
Arts Funds and serves on several *
national boards, including Indepen
dent sector, the National Center for
Non-Profit Boards, Marie Walsh
Sharpe Foundation, and National
Public Radio's Fanfare Campaign.
While in Winston-Salem,
Rhodes produced Carolina
Streetscene, developed the Urban
Arts program, and supported and
encouraged the creation of the N.C.
Black Repertory Company. On the
national scene, he created the Nancy
Hanks Lecture on Arts & public
Policy in Washington. This annual
event pays tribute to the accom
plishments of the late Nancy Hanks,
former chair of the National
Endowment for the Arts and past
president of ACA.
The annual meeting luncheon is year of service. During the past
$10 per person. Reservations can year he was active in heading the
By REGGIE JOHNSON
rts Reach
be made by calling The Arts Coun
cil at 722-2585.
David C. Hudson, president
and chief executive officer of the
Arts Council of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County, has been named
president of Arts North Carolina.
The announcement was made dur
ing the 1993 North Carolina Arts
Congress, which was presented in
Raleigh April 21-24 by Arts North
Carolina, formerly the North Car
olina Association of Arts Councils.
The organization's name change
and focus was also approved at the
congress.
As president, Hudson will lead
Arts North Carolina into its 20th
effort to create the organization's
first Strategic Direction Plan which
led to the name change formulation
of a new mission: "to be a force for
strategy and direction to advance
the arts throughout North Carolina."
During the coming year Hudson
will address five areas of focus for
the organization: professional
development, arts services, advo
cacy. marketing and organization
Hudson is also a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Winston*
Care Services Inc.. Central Win
ston-Salem Association, and the
Southeastern Center for Contempo
rary Art.
Afro- American Cultural Center Announces New Director
The Board of Directors of the
Afro-American Cultural Center in
Charlotte has announced the
appointment of Wanda Anita Mont
gomery as executive director.
Montgomery, a native of Shelby
and a graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was
selected following an extensive
search. The search committee,
chaired by Bettye McCain reviewed
more than 150 applications.
Montgomery has an extensive
background in cultural administra
tion. Upon graduation in 1981, she
began her career in Washington as a
production assistant for the Smith
sonian Institution program in
African- American Culture. She has
further broadened her experience
through work with the North Car
olina Arts Council in Raleigh and
the Southeastern Center for Con
temporary Arts in Winston-Salem.
From 1990 to 1992, Montgomery
was employed with the Arts and
Science Council-Charlotte/Meck
lenburg Inc., as assistant director of
Program/Special Events. Her
responsibilities included the overall
coordination of First Night Char
lotte.
In 1992 Montgomery was
employed by the Afro-American
Cultural Center as director of pio
grams. For the past several months
she also served as the Interim Exec
utive Director of the Center.
Project Blueprint Class to Graduate
The Volunteer Center of the
United Way of Forsyth County has
announced that the second class of
Project Blueprint will graduate on
May 18 in ceremonies at the Win
ston-Salem Urban League. Cere
monies will take place from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m.
All but two members of the
inaugural class have been placed in
volunteer leadership positions here
In Forsyth CountyfTor additional
information, please contact Twana
Wellman of the Volunteer Center at
721-9311.
Dee Smith
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